#BD79E7#BD79E7

#BD79E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.169 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD79E7
RGB	rgb(189, 121, 231)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 47.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, 45.88, -45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 64.68, 315.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.1113 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.169 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2449, 30.2639, 79.2019)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD79E7 #A3E779

analogous

#8679E7 #BD79E7 #E779DA

triadic

#BD79E7 #E7BD79 #79E7BD

tetradic

#BD79E7 #E78679 #A3E779 #79DAE7

square

#BD79E7 #E78679 #A3E779 #79DAE7

split-complementary

#BD79E7 #DAE779 #79E786

monochromatic

#8623C3 #A345DE #BD79E7 #D7ADF0 #F0E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BD79E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BD79E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD79E7

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD79E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD79E7	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F92EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7297E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88AA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd79e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 121, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.169 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a1ef',
    500: '#bd79e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd79e7;
$custom-light: #d3a1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd79e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.091,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69033,
    "c": 0.16893,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD79E7

secondary

#DAEECE

accent

#D2145C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD79E7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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